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Building a Stronger Community
Copyright 2009 - Elves & More of Northeast Ohio
Contact: info@elvesandmoreneo.org
2009 Schedule:
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IN OUR NEED FOR HELP. WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY REACHED OUR LIMIT FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT YEAR.
What to Wear:
Please dress appropriately. For your own safety please refrain from wearing open-toe or high-heeled shoes. Tennis / walking shoes or boots are best. The bicycles are new from the factory and very clean but some parts have a thin coating of oil to prevent rusting so you might want to wear clothing that you don't mind getting a little dirty.
Location: Bike Build, Gift Wrapping:
The bike build will be located next to Lock 3 in downtown Akron in the lower level of the O'Neils Building. The address for the building is 222 S. Main Street, Akron, OH. Parking can be found in numerous locations but the most convenient is to park in the parking deck that is located directly adjacent to the O'Neils Building off of State Street. Address is 52 W. State Street. If parking in this deck, take the main elevators down to the basement level, our work space will be directly off of the elevator lobby. Please refer to this downloadable map for additional information or please feel free to contact us should you have additional questions
ELVES & MORE BIKE BUILD/DELIVERY MAP
Load-Up:
Bicycle load-up into delivery trucks will take place the morning of the delivery, starting at 7:00 a.m. The bikes are currently stored in the basement of the O'Neils building (location of the bike build) so please come to this location.
Delivery to Kids:
The delivery of bikes and gifts will occur on the morning of December 20th, after all the trucks have been loaded. The load up begins at 7:00 a.m. and is expected to last approximately 2 hours. Volunteers will meet in the basement of the O'Neils Building (same location as the bike build) for a quick briefing at 9:00 a.m. and begin heading out to the neighborhoods about 9:30 a.m. There will be free parking for Volunteers at the 52 W. State Street parking deck. We will meet promptly at the time indicated above as there will be much to discuss before leaving for the selected neighborhood. Available parking in the neighborhood will be limited so we recommend using the transportation that will be provided for us by the City of Akron (trolly) and a school bus provided by First Student.
Description of Volunteers:
Bike Assembler
Assembles bicycles using a team-building approach or one at a time, depending on abilities and desires. Please bring your own tools as those provided by us might be limited. Team-building groups may progress from one stage of assembly to the next such that within a couple of hours even a novice can assemble typical bicycles expertly.
Adequate numbers of skilled team leaders and quality control personnel will be involved to ensure that finished bicycles are safe to ride when delivered to children.
Suggested Tool List for Bikes:
10mm open end wrench
13mm open end wrench
14mm open end wrench
15mm open end wrench
6mm hex key
Scissors, Snips or Knife (To cut Zip-Ties)
Phillips Screwdriver
Suggested Tool List for Push-Abouts:
Pliers
Crescent Wrench
Flat-Head Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
Hammer
Treasure Box Packers/Wrappers (Limited)
Packers and wrappers will gather gifts (all gifts will already be purchased) designated for each category of children (age and gender specific groupings), then box and wrap them with wrapping paper.
Where We'll Deliver Bikes:
We must keep the locations of the specific neighborhoods we will visit a closely guarded secret until the day we arrive. We do that in order to avoid having far more kids "waiting" in a neighborhood than we can serve. If secrecy is not maintained, the telephones would start ringing and kids would appear from other neighborhoods in such large numbers they could not be served.
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE IN OUR NEED FOR HELP. WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY REACHED OUR LIMIT FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT YEAR.
What to Wear:
Please dress appropriately. For your own safety please refrain from wearing open-toe or high-heeled shoes. Tennis / walking shoes or boots are best. The bicycles are new from the factory and very clean but some parts have a thin coating of oil to prevent rusting so you might want to wear clothing that you don't mind getting a little dirty.
Location: Bike Build, Gift Wrapping:
The bike build will be located next to Lock 3 in downtown Akron in the lower level of the O'Neils Building. The address for the building is 222 S. Main Street, Akron, OH. Parking can be found in numerous locations but the most convenient is to park in the parking deck that is located directly adjacent to the O'Neils Building off of State Street. Address is 52 W. State Street. If parking in this deck, take the main elevators down to the basement level, our work space will be directly off of the elevator lobby. Please refer to this downloadable map for additional information or please feel free to contact us should you have additional questions
ELVES & MORE BIKE BUILD/DELIVERY MAP
Load-Up:
Bicycle load-up into delivery trucks will take place the morning of the delivery, starting at 7:00 a.m. The bikes are currently stored in the basement of the O'Neils building (location of the bike build) so please come to this location.
Delivery to Kids:
The delivery of bikes and gifts will occur on the morning of December 20th, after all the trucks have been loaded. The load up begins at 7:00 a.m. and is expected to last approximately 2 hours. Volunteers will meet in the basement of the O'Neils Building (same location as the bike build) for a quick briefing at 9:00 a.m. and begin heading out to the neighborhoods about 9:30 a.m. There will be free parking for Volunteers at the 52 W. State Street parking deck. We will meet promptly at the time indicated above as there will be much to discuss before leaving for the selected neighborhood. Available parking in the neighborhood will be limited so we recommend using the transportation that will be provided for us by the City of Akron (trolly) and a school bus provided by First Student.
Description of Volunteers:
Bike Assembler
Assembles bicycles using a team-building approach or one at a time, depending on abilities and desires. Please bring your own tools as those provided by us might be limited. Team-building groups may progress from one stage of assembly to the next such that within a couple of hours even a novice can assemble typical bicycles expertly.
Adequate numbers of skilled team leaders and quality control personnel will be involved to ensure that finished bicycles are safe to ride when delivered to children.
Suggested Tool List for Bikes:
10mm open end wrench
13mm open end wrench
14mm open end wrench
15mm open end wrench
6mm hex key
Scissors, Snips or Knife (To cut Zip-Ties)
Phillips Screwdriver
Suggested Tool List for Push-Abouts:
Pliers
Crescent Wrench
Flat-Head Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
Hammer
Treasure Box Packers/Wrappers (Limited)
Packers and wrappers will gather gifts (all gifts will already be purchased) designated for each category of children (age and gender specific groupings), then box and wrap them with wrapping paper.
Where We'll Deliver Bikes:
We must keep the locations of the specific neighborhoods we will visit a closely guarded secret until the day we arrive. We do that in order to avoid having far more kids "waiting" in a neighborhood than we can serve. If secrecy is not maintained, the telephones would start ringing and kids would appear from other neighborhoods in such large numbers they could not be served.
| DATE | DAY | ACTIVITIES | START | FINISH |
| December 12th | Saturday | Bicycle Assembly Gift Wrapping |
9:00 A.M. | Until Finished |
| December 20th | Sunday | Bicycle Load-up and Deliver Gifts | 7:00 A.M. | Until Finished |